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Road rage seems to be a common occurrence captured on video, but it’s not every day warring koalas are captured brawling.

For Victorian woman Sharon Brecely, the sight she saw on Thursday on the Portland-Nelson Road in Portland left her stunned.

“I stopped first and tooted the horn for a little while and they weren’t going to move,” she said.

The quick-thinking wildlife advocate leapt into action. She pulled over, stepped out of her car and urged the fighting marsupials to step off the road.

But a more immediate threat dawned on both her and the animals.

A truck travelling at 100km/h was travelling straight towards them. In video obtained by 9NEWS, Ms Brecely can be seen waving her arms wildly, urgently urging the truck driver to avoid striking the animals.

“I thought ‘oh no, they’re gonners!'” she said.

“My thoughts, were ‘Oh no the poor koalas! I’ve got slow him down’.

“That was my first thought, to slow the truck down to save the koalas.”

Thankfully for all concerned, the driver saw her and moved into the emergency lane, missing the koalas by mere centimetres.

Wildlife experts have praised the actions of the koalas’ saviour. (9NEWS)

Ms Brecely praised the truck driver for saving precious lives.

“I’d thank him heaps,” she said.

“He was great, if he didn’t do that, if he didn’t slow down and move he would’ve collected them both.

“They wouldn’t have had a hope. They were on his side of the road and, yeah, they both would’ve been gonners.”

But still the furry creatures seemed more interested in each other. Ms Brecely was not done, and continued to shout at the pair to move to the roadside.

She briefly returned to her car to grab a towel she keeps inside in case she spots injured wildlife.

“I’ve never seen them fighting on the road before. But it’s not unusual to see koalas on the road, I’ve moved several off. There’s a lot that get hit between Portland and Heywood,” she said.

The stubborn creatures of the bush seemed destined to ignore her and one of the male koalas stared blankly at her.

“They’re so silly, they’re so slow,” she said.

Ms Brecely contemplated trying to lift them to safety.

“I was thinking about picking them up but they were pretty big,” she said.

“I think, the biggest one probably weighed about 20 kilos. He was heavy. And they were angry so I wasn’t going to pick them up.”

Ms Brecely said she would help rescue “any wildlife”. (9NEWS)

Eventually the brawling pair fled into bushes away from the harm of the road and dangers of traffic.

Ms Brecely’s brave actions have been praised by wildlife experts.

“It’s fabulous to see people so concerned about our wildlife and we really encourage that,” Zoe Rowell, a zookeeper at Melbourne Zoo, said.

“It’s great that she used her voice to sort of move them on and you could, if safe to do so, position your car so that it would encourage them to move off the road.”

Ms Rowell issued advice to others found in Ms Brecely’s situation.

“First thing to make sure is to keep yourself safe,” the zookeeper said.

He said: “There was a serious incident recently when one speeding car went into three parked cars. The driver stood talking to residents when waiting for police and then slipped away. There was no tax or insurance on the car.

“Another main concern was movements caused from HGVs going from Tesco at Sudden into the village. People as far away as The Green have reported shaking in their houses. There’s been an increase in lorries going past now with Walkers and Tetrosyl, and if they turn at the top end of Royle Barn onto Manchester Road, they always turn left. If they turn left again to Queensway, they take up the entire road.

“Air pollution due to increased traffic in the village was another one. We’d like the air quality monitoring because of the amount of HGVs now.”

Police confirmed they were aware of the speeding issue around Royle Barn Road and Royle Road and aim to get a referral to the Traffic Unit. Residents were advised to obtain registration numbers of speeding vehicles and pass this to the Neighbourhood Policing Team.

With regards to the road surface condition of Royle Road, Councillors Sheerin and Jean Hornby met on site with Highways Maintenance Inspectors. No funding is currently available, however, a bid will be submitted should funding become available.

The road surface at the Nixon Street junction and near the Kwik Save premises was also raised as the surface is badly damaged. Residents stated this is the diversion route for the M62 and urgent repairs are needed. An inspection will be requested.

Residents also reported difficulties exiting Partington Street due to vehicles parking at the junction and blocking visibility; also an issue at the Manchester Road/Heywood Road junction. Police Community Support Officers will pay passing attention and liaise with colleagues in Parking Services.

Building works are progressing well with the Carnegie Library. The dome at the top of the tower will be reinstated and steel girders are in place.

A new bus service was launched between Rochdale and North Manchester General Hospital. The number 16 will run every two hours.

A wildflower meadow will be planted by the railway bridge for the 2017 In Bloom entry. Residents were also impressed by the mural alongside the canal, designed by local school children and joint funded by Barratts and Castleton Ward Fund.

He said: “There was a serious incident recently when one speeding car went into three parked cars. The driver stood talking to residents when waiting for police and then slipped away. There was no tax or insurance on the car.

“Another main concern was movements caused from HGVs going from Tesco at Sudden into the village. People as far away as The Green have reported shaking in their houses. There’s been an increase in lorries going past now with Walkers and Tetrosyl, and if they turn at the top end of Royle Barn onto Manchester Road, they always turn left. If they turn left again to Queensway, they take up the entire road.

“Air pollution due to increased traffic in the village was another one. We’d like the air quality monitoring because of the amount of HGVs now.”

Police confirmed they were aware of the speeding issue around Royle Barn Road and Royle Road and aim to get a referral to the Traffic Unit. Residents were advised to obtain registration numbers of speeding vehicles and pass this to the Neighbourhood Policing Team.

With regards to the road surface condition of Royle Road, Councillors Sheerin and Jean Hornby met on site with Highways Maintenance Inspectors. No funding is currently available, however, a bid will be submitted should funding become available.

The road surface at the Nixon Street junction and near the Kwik Save premises was also raised as the surface is badly damaged. Residents stated this is the diversion route for the M62 and urgent repairs are needed. An inspection will be requested.

Residents also reported difficulties exiting Partington Street due to vehicles parking at the junction and blocking visibility; also an issue at the Manchester Road/Heywood Road junction. Police Community Support Officers will pay passing attention and liaise with colleagues in Parking Services.

Building works are progressing well with the Carnegie Library. The dome at the top of the tower will be reinstated and steel girders are in place.

A new bus service was launched between Rochdale and North Manchester General Hospital. The number 16 will run every two hours.

A wildflower meadow will be planted by the railway bridge for the 2017 In Bloom entry. Residents were also impressed by the mural alongside the canal, designed by local school children and joint funded by Barratts and Castleton Ward Fund.

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